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The chief consumed the fatal drink at Kapsabets Siz-zlers bar, which the authorities immediately shut down. Village elder William Chirchir Koech said he was with the assistant chief and another village elder when they consumed the drink. I got a call from Chebutia, the assistant chief, who asked me to join him for lunch and we started drinking Meakins, but I left around 6pm after the third drink, Mr Koech, who later went to hospital after his vision became blurred, said.

Nandi County Commis-sioner Matilda Sakwa said police have been instructed to erect roadblocks to ensure the poisonous drinks do not nd their way into the county. One of the consumers of the deadly drink is assisted to get to hospital yesterday. The suspects had ten firearms, 40 rounds of am-munition and several spent cartridges on them. Police said this was a major breakthrough in their attempt to solve the killings of several people in Gamba, Hindi and Mpeketoni areas of Lamu County. In a related incident, seized cellphones, sim cards and identity cards were being used to unravel the recent wave of killings in both Lamu and Tana River.

Police said expert analysis is being done on passports and weapons suspected to have been used to commit crimes. The government said that 24 more suspects were arrested in Lamu in connection with recent attacks at the Coast. State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said special forces drawn from the Kenya Defence Forces were combing forests in Lamu, from where the suspected attackers are said to be operating. We have arrested a total of 69 suspects in Lamu. The State House spokesman, who was addressing journalists on Wednesday, said the govern-ment is keen to prosecute the culprits behind the Mpeketoni and Tana River deaths.

Bearing fruitsMr Esipisu said the ocers will not leave the forest until they get rid of the attackers who had killed close to 70 people. He said the operation by the ocers is bearing fruits. The spokesman said that fresh graduates, who have joined the Kenya Police Service, have been sent to the hotspots to beef up the current operations. Mr Esipisu said that the government has enhanced se-curity in major towns around the country. He said implementation of a major surveillance programme, supported by the closed-circuit television CCTV that is under procurement, will assist in the war against terrorism and gen-eral crime in Kenya.

The State House ocial said that local political networks, which President Kenyatta accused of being part of the masterminds of the Mpeke-toni attacks, are also being investigated. He said anyone linked to the mindless massacres would face the law. The intelligence informed the President about networks with evil intentions.

They are on the security ocers radar, Mr Esipisu said. Police now arrest two armed men from ranch71Total number of arrests so far following the kill-ings in Lamu and Tana River countiesThe intelligence informed the President about networks with evil intentions. They are on security ocers radar.

Some thought must have gone into the design and colours, the message in wearing similar outts clear we are in solidarity, we are a team and we are reading from the same script. According to counselling psychologist Shadrack Kirunga, people, consciously or uncon-sciously, use clothes to send a message. In this case, the three gentle-men were dressed in coordinated outts to emphasise their unity, to tell Kenyans they are one, Mr Kirunga said.

The use of the colours of the ag was also deliberate. Fashion stylist Connie Aluoch of Connie Aluoch Styling Manage-ment gures that the team chose the colours to symbolise national unity and patriotism. The dominant colour was white, which symbolises peace wearing similar outts sym-bolised their unity and was a way of assuring Kenyans that they are one, and that they will work to-gether, she said, adding that the choice of dress could also possibly be a rebranding of Cord.

Mr Kirunga points out that the rst impression is created by what you are wearing way before you speak, people will have already formed an opinion about you. Your clothes alone tell a story; therefore if you plan to inuence or sway opinion, then you have to dress for it. It is not clear whether this was by design or uke. It is not the rst time the two have sported similar outts. They often wore coordinated outts following their inaugu-ration, probably as a way of announcing that they were quite happy and satised with their union. The most memorable was when they appeared at State House in Nairobi to announce the Jubilee Cabinet line-up.

Both wore white shirts with rolled up sleeves, and red ties. Coupled with the hand-holding, back slapping and enthusiastic hugs, it was clear that they had a chemistry. Choice of dress may have been intended to rebrand the Cord coalitionThe dominant colour was white, which symbolises peace wearing similar outts symbolised their unity and was a way of assuring Kenyans that they are one, and that they will work together, Fashion stylist Connie Aluoch FILE NATIONExperts say wearing similar out ts sends a clear message we are in solidarity, we are a team and we are reading from the same script.

Some of those who disappeared have been missing for years, and with no clues whatsoever on which their families can rely to trace them. Today, the Daily Nation brings you the heart-rending stories of some of those who have gone missing and are yet to be found. George Martin OdhojMr Odhoj, a design engineer, went missing in It is said that he left work at around 8. However, he never drove into his com-pound, and that was the last phone call he made to his family. Mr Odhoj, who was working for Kenya Power in Nakuru before his disappearance, is said to have gone to a restaurant on Moses Mudavadi Road in Nakuru for refreshments after work.

He left after a short while, and proceeded to a shopping centre on Game Park Road, behind Bondeni Po-lice Station, where he spent about 10 minutes. His wife, Christine Odhoj, is still hopeful that he will be found al-though his car, a white Toyota Premio, was found in Ndarugu River about four kilometres from his home. When she left her hostel on October 12, , she told her colleagues that she was going to visit a close friend, and that she would be back after two days. Her mother, Ms Pauline Karani, describes Louisa as a thoughtful daughter who regularly called her. Her phone went dead on the day she Where are they?

Families wait in agony went missing. Ms Karani says the search for her daughter has yielded nothing. Two weeks later, the school called her parents to nd out why she had not reported. She was wear-ing her school uniform. She has since not been seen. The day before she went missing, she had complained that she was unwell and gone home early after excusing herself.

Are they dead or alive? Will we ever see them again? Loved ones grapple for answers over the fate of friends and relatives who just vanishedMartin and Mary KirimiThe couple got married on July 14, , and left for their honeymoon in Zanzibar three days later. That was the last time the two were seen. Marys eldest sister, Rachel Murugi, says that the last phone call they made was to inform them that they had arrived at the Namanga border, and were waiting to take a bus to Dar-es-Salaam.

The next day, on July 18, the world woke up to news that people had died in a Zanzibar-bound ferry. Trips to Tanzania and Zanzibar to look for the couple yielded nothing. It will be two years next month since the newly-weds disappeared. She decided to go to Merolyns house to check on her. She wasnt in, and neighbours said they had not seen her that day.

To this day, she is yet to be seen. On June 21, , the year-old left his home in Kisumu to visit his uncle, who lived in Kilimani, Nairobi. Eight days later, he walked out of his uncles house and has never been seen since. When he left, he was wearing grey trousers, a brown and black checked shirt and was barefoot, says his uncle. Jason was a student at the University of Nairobi when he went missing.

Julius Onyango JumaHe was a newspaper employee based in Kisumu. On the day of his disappearance, on November 4, , a vehicle in which he was travelling lost control and plunged into the Ekero river. That was the last time he was seen. Apart from Mr Juma, all others in the private car he was travelling in were accounted for. Tania Margaret Omondi She has been missing since No-vember 21, A witness says that she was picked up from her school in Umojas Innercore Estate in Nairobi by two women.

At the time, she was six years old. That evening, her parents received messages from two dierent numbers, demanding Sh2 million in exchange for the girl. Police arrested ve suspects a few days after the kidnapping but Tania was never found. The main suspect in the case, John Oyamo Wanetia, went missing after he was released on bail. Fellow students say that they did not see him on the day he went missing. His brother, Mr Peter Korir, says that Kibets phone went o two days earlier. Since then, his relatives have been to vari-ous hospitals and mortuaries but have turned up without any information about him.

They remain optimistic that he is still alive and he will one day return to his family. David Wisdom Wanderi, 5Five-year-old David was playing outside his house with friends on June 13, when he disappeared. His elder sister, who was in the house cleaning, went outside at noon, but did not nd him. She informed neighbours, and together, they all started searching for him. An hours search yielded nothing. They then reported to the police. Since then, there has been no information or clues about his whereabouts.

Gilly Githua, 28Gilly went missing on the night of January 23, Ac-cording to his best friend of 15 years, John Paul Kyule, Gilly had gone to survey his farm in Pesi, Nyahururu, where he was keeping goats. Kyule says that Gilly planned to wind up the project since it was not giving him the expected returns. The last person Gilly talked to was his girlfriend, at around 7pm, on the day he went missing. A search party was formed to look for him, but he was not found - not even after a spirited social media campaign was launched shortly after his disappearance.

Gilly is described by his best friend as an easy-going person but a shrewd businessman who had done well for himself, hav-ing invested in several farms in Thika and Nyahururu. He also had a spare parts shop on River Road. To this day, his whereabouts remain a mystery. Bogonko Bosire The former journalist and blogger was last seen last September 19 in a bar in the city centre. Bosire, who ran the Jackal News website disappeared a day before the Westgate Mall attack.

His par-ents, David and Esther Bosire, said that they had searched for him everywhere, including hos-pitals and mortuaries, but are for loved ones who disappearedOn March 5, Wilson Gathiomi drove his vehicle to a car wash in Nairobis Doonholm Estate. While there, he received a phone call, which prompted him to leave in a hurry, say-ing that he would be back for his car, which was still being cleaned. Three months later, Mr Gathi-omi is yet to return and his family has not heard from him. His father, Peter Mbugua, said that he had talked to Gathiomi on the morning of the day he disappeared without trace.

He had told his father that he would take his vehicle for a car wash after which he would head to town with his girlfriend. Interestingly, two of Gathiomis close friends, Jeremiah Kibunjah and Alex Kihara, all of them car sales-men, also disappeared on the same day, and have also not been found. Mr Kiharas wife, Joy, said that he sent her a text mes-sage telling her that he had been arrested by police, but not specifying which police station he had been taken to.

When she called him to get details, his phone had been switched o. That was the last time she heard from him. She is still waiting for his return. We reported his disap-pearance to the police, his father told the Nation. It has been months since he went missing we have searched in numerous places, but have no clue what could have happened to him. He had reportedly gone to visit a friend when he disappeared. The search for the young musician has taken the family far and wide from Eastleigh to Tanza-nia, to hospitals, mortuaries and police stations.

C-Zar simply fell o the face of the earth. He would have been 25 years old this year. His wife of 40 years, Lillian Waithera Njuguna, says that her husband, a businessman, spent most of his time in Nairobi, and would travel back home in Muranga on weekends. On the day of his disap-pearance, Mr Njuguna had been overseeing work at construction sites in Dan-dora. Later that evening, he got a phone call, and informed his son that he was going to meet some-one at Cinema Bus Stage in Dandora.

He has never been seen since. Reagan Nyambati, 11The year-old disap-peared on June 21, The Standard Six pupil at Riena Academy in Ruai, was last seen in his neigh-bourhood playing football with friends. His mother, Phyllis Kerubo, says he was wearing a yellow and blue t-shirt, grey trousers and sports shoes.

On Monday, however, he received a call from the school informing him that Momanyi right had gone missing on Sunday. Mr Obungu said the school has not only blocked him from accessing some of the sons classmates to trace him but has also failed to give a credible explanation of the circumstances under which the boy disappeared.

A search in hospitals, the Mumias Police Station and even the mortuary has borne no fruit. The things that I purchased for him are still in their class, meaning that he could have disappeared immediately we left the school on Saturday and not Sunday as the school wants us to believe, said Mr Obungu. He said teachers have only told him that Momanyi ran away in fear of punishment. But they have not shared the exact mistake that my son committed, said the anguished father. When contacted, one of the teachers who requested not to be named because he is not authorised to speak on the schools behalf, said the matter was too weighty for him to handle.

The matter is now beyond us since it is with the police; we cannot say anything that will jeopardise their investigations; let the police handle it, said the teacher.

Area police boss Mohammed Farah said inves-tigations were under way to ascertain the facts. Student vanishes after fathers visitFound. Do you know her? The girl, believed to be about two and a half years old, cannot express herself, nor does she know her name or her parents. Brief excerpts below, but the full text of an extensive one-hour interview is available in Nation Online. No doubt you watched the World Cup game last night where Brazil was massacred by Germany.

Are you traumatised or celebrating this morning? As you know I am half-German and Ive al-ways supported Germany, but the Samba Boys have been one of my favourite teamsSomebody said they were more Shamba boys than Samba boysYes, this is the worst team Brazil has ever sent to the World Cup. Now, when you came to Uhuru Park for the Saba Saba rally, one would expect that youd have clearly thought through the is-sues you wanted to propose for a referendum, not come to propose a committee to look for the ques-tions.

Why cant you give Ken-yans a clear answer on the issues you want them to vote on? This was a public rally. We were seeking the views and opinions of the people in order that we can frame the questions. But it is very clear that there are deep issues we have that are not all for a ref-erendum, and there are a few key issues that are referendum issues. You have a point agenda, of which maybe 10 or 11, like the cost of living, cannot be put be-fore referendum.

Have you crys-talised your thoughts on what are the referendum issues? Yes, we are very clear. One is the electoral commission. The other is the issue of devolution. The third is the constitutional provisions on the Legislature. Those are the key issues that we want to take to the people. If Parliament votes it down? That is be-cause we have constitutional provisions on how a public petition for a referendum can be presented. All Parliament can do is consider the way the question is framed.

Their work is limited to editing. Is this whole campaign aimed at replicating the Saba Saba spirit or movement of , or the sec-ond phase of ? Basically, that is what it is. You can read the mood in the country and this has received a lot of support. Everyone will agree that we have serious is-sues that must be addressed. In , the goal of Saba Saba was very clear, to uproot the dic-tatorial one party system which entrenched a government that could not claim legitimacy.

This time around, when we try to do the same kind of thing, are we seeking regime change? We are not trying to seek regime change. We are saying that there are certain errors brought by the Legislature and the Executive that can only be corrected by the people. If we dont arrest a rogue Parliament that is trying to bastardise the Constitution, we will just have to go back to the trenches. Going back to the trenches means what exactly? What kind of pressure will be brought to bear and what are the risks?

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The Constitution actually provides for mass action, through petitions, demon-strations, picketing and so on. That is why we have been having these rallies and we just notify the police. The job of the police is to provide security, but we saw them preventing groups making their way to Uhuru Park. That was meant to intimidate people not to come to our rally, which is a violation of peoples rights. Are you questioning the legiti-macy of the present Executive and Legislature, and the courts too?

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No, we are past that. Remem-ber we went to the Supreme Court challenging the outcome of the presidential elections. The court made a ruling, which we did not agree with, but we accepted and moved on.

I even congratulated the President and ever since that time, you will see I always refer to him as the President. Will you at any time be calling for early elections? No, that is not a I mean, I dont want to be pre-emptive, here, because as you know we are mandating a committee to frame these questions, and then take it to the people. You need to know that there are cer-tain things the people will not accept and others they will ac-cept. I dont want to pre-empt. Thats elections not even in my mind.

What we really want to see is that the critical issues are addressed. This campaign has raised political temperatures. Do you see a need to help cool down things and as-sure Kenyans that we are not go-ing down the path of destruction and violence? I dont see theres anything weve done out of the ordinary. We are basically pointing out to the government areas it must attend to, and also drawing the attention of the country that certain things are not going right. We are raising the red ag that something worrying is happening in our country.

If you are looking for a forum where you can sit down with the government and seek joint solu-tions to those basic issues, will you then not be looking at shar-ing power? Remember we said we wanted dialogue on fundamen-tal issues. There are the basic issues that we have mentioned, and then there are the issues on which we wanted to agree how to move forward in a bipartisan manner. If you want to go for a referendum, its better to take a bipartisan approach.

There have been various other accusations coming from the Jubilee side. You have been ac-cused in regard to the violence in Mpeketoni, plans to use Mungiki and the Mombasa Republican Council to cause trouble, and so on. How do you respond to those accusations coming from Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku and others? Even those people who are talking, like ole Lenku, when we meet privately, he doesnt believe what he is saying.

Theres nothing as ridiculous as those wild allega-tions, and they know it. They know very well that we could have nothing to do with it. If the claims they are making are true, they are in charge of the security apparatus and we would be ar-rested and charged with treason. Those are serious oences, like facilitating mass murder, killing and displacement of so many people like what happened in Mpeketoni. Theres no reason why we should be walking free in the country. MV Semlow had dropped o cargo in Mogadishu and was sailing back to Mombasa when it experi-enced technical problems.

It drifted towards the village that is about kilometres east of Mogadishu, where it is got stuck on either rocks or sandbars. According to the website, Harar24news, the ship was looted by shermen. Mechanical problemsSeafarers Union of Kenya Sec-retary General Andrew Mwangura told the Nation that two ships had sailed to the area but one suered mechanical problems yesterday. He said that the ship, that was once Kenyan-owned, had changed ownership. Mr Mwangura could not estab-lish how many people were on board MV Semlow. He the agency receives informa-tion from ships under distress. Mr Mwangura added that a vessel can only be conrmed to be stranded after checking on the radar.

We cannot know whether a ship is shing or if it is stationary. If one is stranded yet no report is made, then that is suspect, he said. Police have been told to ig-nore an earlier communication advising them to join the plan that would have given them benefits ranging from Sh8 million for juniors and million for top commanders.

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Police spokesperson Gat-iria Mboroki termed it a miscommunication saying a separate scheme was being worked on for the National Police Service. This comes just weeks after ocers had been asked to register for the massive cover that is already adopted by the National Police Service Commission for its commis-sioners and sta. The medical cover for police will be tendered after Insurance companies ex-pressed the will to take it up as a consortium, rather than individual rms because of the risks involved. The companies wanted to share the risks, said Mr George Kirigwi, a senior ocer at Inspector Generals oce who is a member of a technical team working on the scheme.

Once in place, it will cater for nearly 80, oc-ers as well as prison guards and ocers. But police will have to wait longer, probably six months, before they can benet from a new medical in-surance that also covers their spouses and children. Ms Mboroki told the Nation that a communication will be sent to all police ocers advising them not to enlist in the NPSC cover, saying the earlier document was a mistake. The document seen by the Nation on the scheme reads: Members of the medical scheme are free to access any medical outlet as per the attached list whenever they and their dependants are in need of medical serv-ices.

Please ensure all ocers register accordingly once the insurance take eect on July 1, It was signed by a senior police ocer. The NPSC entered into a contract with Heritage Insur-ance Company, which in turn contracted hospitals, clinics and medical specialists across Kenya after which a communi-cation was sent to police units asking commanders to advise their juniors to register.

The scheme, which comes into ef-fect this month, covers all ocers in the 80,strong service, their wives and children. A constable, the lowest ranked of-cer, has access to Sh8 million for hospital bills in the event one is admit-ted and up to Sh40, for outpatient treatment. Constables form the bulk of ocers in the National Police Service. The scheme comprises three cat-egories. The Blue Classic cover caters for constables, corporals, sergeants, sen-ior sergeants and inspectors.

The Blue Plus cover is tailored for chief inspectors, superintendents and senior superintendents who will access up to Sh80 million for inpatient treat-ment and Sh, for outpatient care per person. The Blue Lite scheme covers ocers of the rank of assistant commissioner and above who will have access to Sh million for inpatient and Sh, per person for outpatient treatment. A document seen by the Nation on the new scheme reads: Members of the medical scheme are free to access any medical outlet as per the attached list whenever they and their dependants are in need of medical services.

The insurance also covers dental and optical services. Heritage Insurance Company, which was awarded the tender for the cover, has entered into contracts with hos-pitals, clinics and medical specialists across the country to oer services to the ocers. According to the list of health facili-ties on oer, top private hospitals that would ordinarily be out of reach for of-cers have now opened their doors. The arrangement also includes personal accident and life insurance cover which was introduced in October last year, replacing the Sh5, risk allowance paid every month.

Previously, officers were paid monthly medical allowances and were further insured under the general per-sonal accident cover, which includes all civil servants. The insurance scheme is long over-due because the National Taskforce on Police Reforms chaired by Mr Justice Rtd Philip Ransley in envisioned it would be rolled out in Police get generous medical coverHEALTH Reaping the fruits of Ransley taskforce reformsOcers, their wives and children can now access top private hospitals anywhere in the country Amount of insurance cover that a constable, the lowest ranked ocer in the service, can access for inpatient treatmentSh8mAmount of insurance cover that an ocer from the rank of assistant com-missioner and above can access should they be admitted in hospitalShmFILE NATIONPresident Kenyatta inspects a guard of honour at a passout parade of police re-cruits at Kiganjo Police College in Nyeri on April 4.

The baskets sell at between Sh1, and Sh2, They serve as dogs beds. Mr Julius Onyancha, a teacher at Mongoris Primary, is accused of molesting a year-old pupil on July 5. The accused who appeared before principal magistrate Nicholas Njagi, denied deling three minors aged 6, 10 and Their bail application will be determined in three days.

The case will continue on July Bars which require licensing will also be vet-ted before being allowed to con-tinue with business. The census and vetting starts at the end of this month. Trade Executive Anna Othoro said the county did not have the exact number of bars and outlets selling liquor save for Dagoretti South which has Land Mawe assistant chief Famau Ali said the midday re started from one of the houses whose owner had left a water heater on. The ames were accelerated by a gas cylinder explosion.

Fire engines used premises opposite the slum from which to ght the ames for lack of a passage to the scene. The lawyers claim that the Presidents decision to approve the appointment of only 11 judges out of the recommended 25 was unconstitutional. They want him compelled to comply with the law. Senior coun-sel Nzamba Kitonga argued that the Presidents role in appointing judges was ceremonial and that he had no capacity to refuse to approve the list as recommended by the JSC.

The President illegally stated that he is still in the process of reviewing the remaining names with a view of approving or disap-proving them. That role is reserved for commis-sion and his duty is only to appoint, swear-in and gazette those recom-mended to him, Mr Kitonga said. The application was supported by law society chief executive Apollo Mboya through an adavit.

The President is taking us to our dark past, Mr Mboya said. Mr Justice Isaac Lenaola certied the petition as urgent and scheduled the hearing for July Lawyers sue Uhuru over judges1 Judicial Service Commission advertises for the vacancies. They were remanded for seven days for further interrogation until July They have all denied a charge of trying to sell a two weeks old baby.

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Former commissioner Gavin Alistair McFadyen said although the team did not give hearings to those implicated or reported adversely on them, on learning that their names had been mentioned in a Kenya National Human Rights Commission KNHRC report and by witnesses, the two politicians sought to clear their names. Some names were men-tioned in the KNHRC report and by individuals but the commission did not report on any of them adversely so no opportunity was given to them to defend themselves.

But two people Ruto and Bett approached the commis-sion after they learnt they had been mentioned and we gave them a chance to be heard, said Mr McFadyen. He also said the commis-sions recommendation to set up a local mechanism to try the violence perpetrators was never implemented. He said it was also recommended that a team of investigators be as-sembled to gather evidence to prosecute the suspects. Asked by ICC prosecution lawyer Antony Steinberg if the government had implemented the recommendations, he said: I dont believe so. Mr McFadyen, who was giving evidence in the case against Mr Ruto and journal-ist Joshua arap Sang, explained how witnesses who gave it evidence were sourced.

Some of the witnesses who gave evidence were recommended by counsel outstanding representing NGOs and victims, experts on gender violence and other in-terest groups but although the commission was non-judicial, the veracity of the evidence was just like that given before a court of law, he said. The commission also relied on media reports, briefs from the intelligence service and experts on Kenyas electoral violence history.

Mr McFadyen said the commission chose to leave out evidence from the police to avoid conict of interest as it was part of its mandate to investigate their role in the violence. He said the commission did not hear evidence from the main political parties, ODM and PNU, as it had been incorporated during consultative meetings with leaders from both sides before the hearings began. During the first day of examination-in-chief by the prosecution at The Hague-based court, the document handed to President Mwai Kibaki by the commission was analysed, with Mr McFadyen asked to clarify some of its chapters and contents.

Mr Rutos lead counsel, Mr Karim Khan, asked for more time to cross-examine the witness from next Monday due to what he said was the introduction of new evidence outside the post-election vio-lence report. The commission took interest in evidence of civil society and NGOs because they spoke for a constituency that could not speak for itself. The prosecutor will give the three judges hearing Mr Kenyattas case a detailed written submission on challenges and diculties she had encountered in the quest for the Presidents bank, VAT, NIS, land, telephone and foreign ex-change records.

Bank accountsDuring Wednesdays Status Conference to review the extent the parties had gone in obeying the order, prosecution lawyer Benjamin Gumpert said the gov-ernment had disregarded an order asking it to provide the informa-tion sought by the prosecutor. Of the eight set of documents demanded by the prosecution only two had been provided, he said.

Bank details and vehicles owned by the President between and have been provided al-though they only related to four bank accounts and not the number required, Mr Gumpert said. The prosecution also cited frustrations when it requested records on income tax, land and information about Mr Kenyattas actions in the same period. The government always says it is not in a position to provide the documents, Mr Gumpert told the court.

The government has until July 16 to respond to the accusa-tions. The International Bar Asso-ciation and Southern Africas Litigation Centre described the decision as a perverse incentive for leaders to com-mit crimes. The amendment bars the prosecution of serving presidents, prime ministers and deputy presidents. This puts the court on a collision path with the International Criminal Court. But the bar associa-tion and the litigation centre and urged African States not to sign the protocol, which is now awaiting ratication by individual African member states.

The provision ignores the reality that these crimes are perpetrated by those who wield the greatest power, executive director Mark Ellis said. Foreign Affairs minister Amina Mohamed below said the decis ion to forgo a Kenyatta-O b a m a meeting was not surpris-ing. The feature will focus on the following areas: Five-year old Lawrence Gichobi of Kimbimbi Primary was playing with his classmates when he tripped and fell into the waterway.

Other pupils raised the alarm but villagers were unable to rescue the boy whose body was found much later. Area police boss Titus Yoma asked parents to ensure pupils do not play near the canals. Turkana Central police chief Kipkemoi Kirui said the driver of a county government vehicle headed to Lodwar reported the Wednesday accident to the police. The ac-cident sparked anger among mo-torcyclists who accused the driver of recklessness.

Education minister Jacob Kai-menyi and the AU Commissioner in charge of Human Resources, Science and Technology, Mar-tial De-Paul Ikounga, yesterday signed the memorandum of un-derstanding for the development of the in-service and pre-service teacher course. The gangsters wait for the installa-tion of the lights in zoned o security areas and either destroy control sys-tems or cut o electric wires after the work is completed. Nairobi County Government of-cials said heavy steel and copper materials were stolen by people claim-ing to be employees of bre networks at night, especially in upmarket areas.

As a result, city residents are now ex-posed to muggings and carjacking. The county governments invest-ment of more than Sh million is now in jeopardy, according to ocials. There is no single light working between the Muthaiga interchange to Thika Town on Thika Superhigh-way. Yet the highway was well-lit a few months ago. Vandalism is a menace. We repair the lights and soon after, thieves re-turn to loot. It is a big problem, Mr Njogu said.

The vandalism has happened less than a kilometre from two police sta-tionsPangani and Muthaiga. County officials say about steel poles are missing on Kiambu Road while 14 have been plucked out along Limuru Road, from the junction of Forest Road to the entry of City Park. On Ngecha Road, o Lower Kabete Road, more than 30 masts were stolen recently and loaded onto a truck. The viciousness of the vandals is mind-boggling on Kirinyaga Road. Suspected drug dealers switch o the security lights to facilitate their illicit trade that thrives after dusk.

In some low income estates, a Na-tion investigation showed that security lights are put out by unscrupulous electricians who tap electricity from the security masts and distribute it to houses at costs ranging from Sh to Sh a month. The eects of the theft are far-reaching as 60 per cent of the masts are often switched o in one month, according to a county government source. The head of electricals in the Roads docket, Mr Samuel Kiuma, conrmed that vandalism is being carried by high prole people. You cant understand how all that work is done without anyone notic-ing.

Carrying away the heavy load is a huge task, he said. Little attention in posh estates The ocial said scrap metal deal-ers easily get away when they invade posh estates because they attract little attention. Since a lot of bre optic cables are being laid in these areas, many resi-dents think the vandals are actually men at work, Mr Kiuma said. In the central business district, he said, drug peddlers, dealers in illegal alcoholic drinks and commer-cial sex workers pay electricians to cut o power from security lights to facilitate their businesses.

Mr Kiuma said the county govern-ment had committed about Sh million to light up the city in the current nancial year and that way ght insecurity. We have lit up between per cent of the areas in our plan. We will move faster if the lights installed re-main intact, Mr Kiuma said.

Gang behind power sabotage PLOY Copper materials and heavy steel stolen at night by people claiming to be bre cable rms staNgei case study Some areas in Ngei Ward in Mathare constituency are no-go zones after 7pm. At least four masts are not functioning due to illegal power diversion.

During the day, some lights are on, but at night, they are too dim because the power has been tapped, Mr Karanja Miano, a resident, said. At Gitathuru, people do not go to the shops after dusk. The lack of security lights has increased muggings and eased illegal gun trade. The road is usually plunged into darkness at night because of the vice. Criminals and scrap metal deal-ers steal copper materials, road signs and masts yet two police stations are barely kilometres away.

While many just make generalised claims aimed at pandering to populist sentiments, others are at their best when denigrating their opponents and ethnic groups. The problem is worse in rallies, for two reasons. First, the majority of our leaders are not procient in Kiswahili, which makes their speeches incomprehensible. Second, our opposition tradition since the s holds public rallies as forums for politicians to compete with each other on who can throw the worst calumny at the sitting president. The main point, therefore, is not respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right to free expression.

Rather, the point is the way some politicians abuse these rights to propagate highly poisonous narratives. We all know where this took us in Broadly, freedom of expression covers four closely related basic rights: Underpinning these rights is the view that freedom of expression is the lifeblood of democracy. Moreover, freedom of expression embraces a correlative right of reply. This means that those who feel aggrieved by opinions disseminated in public forums, including political rallies, have a right of reply. They also have the option of using legal recourse if they feel their grievances are legally actionable.

In practice, however, the right to express an opinion does not imply any obligation to do so, and the right to hold an opinion does not necessarily confer an obligation to disseminate that opinion. In certain situations, there are limits and boundaries of taste, convention, judgment, and practical wisdom which temper the right to expression. In fact, the country in general is still struggling to exorcise the ghosts of that violence and build a diverse, multicultural society where all cultures, races, religions and ethnic groups co-exist peacefully.

Studies on recovery from violence show that individual and communal healing as well as societal reconciliation take time because they require deconstruction of prejudices and hate narratives which perpetrators of mass killings employ. Such narratives are administered in small doses over several years before the eruption of violence. Therefore, when a society is recovering from mass violence, matters of taste, judgment, and practical wisdom demand that leaders stop propagating opinions that some groups would interpret as provocative, demeaning, abusive, or intended to incite hatred against them.

Granted, democratic systems function best when citizens and opposition parties continuously question those in leadership. This dictum does not change the argument, however. The main issue is not the freedom of expression per se. The point is to balance the right to expression with other fundamental rights, including the right to dignity and the right to life. In South Africa, the ruling ANC and the Human Rights Court counselled against the singing of some liberation songs because they oended the dignity of some racial groups. Instead, they advised political activists to compose new songs which unite all.

Similarly, the High Court sitting in Johannesburg declared that, in the hierarchy of rights, the right to dignity outweighs the right to expression. The paper had republished cartoons from a Danish newspaper which had caused widespread riots in Europe. Some would disagree with the courts view and argue that balancing the right to expression with any other right sties democracy. However, I doubt that anyone would contest the view that the right to life is the rst one in the hierarchy.

In short, experience from conict zones in dierent parts of Africa shows that it is easy for editors sitting in cosy oces in cities such as Nairobi to aunt ideals, including freedom of expression. To the survivors of mass violence in the countryside, these ideals mean nothing when all they see are demagogues rubbing salt into their wounds. Mr Mbugua is a peace and conict studies academic in New Zealand mbupa student. Karanja MbuguaPolitical leaders abusing freedom of expression, sowing seeds of violenceWithout trace: Police guilty of negligenceThe high number of Kenyans who have disappeared without trace and remain unaccounted for is an indicator that the police need to do much more to improve their investigative capacity and resolve such cases.

Many of those who go missing make or receive a phone call at the dening moment, after which they disappear without trace. It is, therefore, lamentable that despite being given such information, the police dont act for months until the trail goes cold. Investigators should bear in mind the agony families suer when their loved ones disappear. The pain they endure while visiting hospitals, mortuaries and police stations without success should be sucient motivation for the authorities to demand that such cases be resolved.

For instance, the government can ask Tanzania to account for Kenyans who disappear within its borders. This is only fair because Tanzania would expect no less from Kenya under similar circumstances. Institutions like the courts should also be alive to the reality that some of those linked to serious crimes are likely to abscond once freed on bail. The courts can assist aected families by weighing the merits of each case and determining whether to give or deny bail to some suspects in the interests of justice. This way, those aected will have greater condence in the court system especially when the cases result in successful prosecution or closure when the families nally learn the truth through the eorts of investigators and the courts.

On the same note, parents and guardians should be more vigilant about the safety of their children, while hospitals, schools and other institutions under whose care patients are entrusted must do all in their power to ensure no one disappears without trace under their watch. Stop the deadly violenceThe Israeli-Palestinian conict has escalated sharply in recent days. The death toll jumped to 76 yesterday from Israeli air strikes in just three days. Israel might have justiable claims to self-defence as its aerial bombardment is in direct response to rocket re from the Palestinian side.

Israel reports that on Tuesday rockets were launched into its territory from across the border, the following day, and 22 yesterday. There were no casualties, but Israel responded with the ercest military operation in Gaza since , with air strikes hitting targets. The erce response might seem disproportionate, especially when it kills civilians, including women and children.

The argument could also be made that Israel reserves the right to hit back when Palestinians target its civilian areas with equally indiscriminate shelling, though to much less eect. The question here is not who is right, but what the latest bloodshed reveals about the failure of eorts to end one of the longest-running conicts. It behoves the international community to ensure that Palestinians and Israelis do not give up the quest for the long-elusive peace. But the anxiety and tension that gripped the country clearly testies to a nation yet to heal the scars of the post-election violence, justifying the need for a new approach to our politics.

With a long list of genuine grievances that the opposition Cord enumerated during the grand rally, there are many inconsistencies in its approach calls for national dialogue that backred, and then calls for mass action followed by insistence on a referendum. This portrays a team without a strategy.

The rallies did not attract the Oppositions core supporters, and one wonders why Cord is insisting on taking this path. The support of religious leaders, diplomats and civil society, all of whom nurtured the democratic space the country enjoys today, was not actively sought. Nor was the support of strategic thinkers or the business community. If the Cord leaders go ahead with the planned campaigns to force the country into a referendum on the key issues they identied during the rally, they will ethnically polarise the country.

Already, the images of people eeing their homes for fear of a repeat of post-election violence are worrying. This is so because the country is yet to initiate the process of redeeming the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, which did not do its job competently, according to the Opposition. Dangerous also is the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Jubilee coalition victory in the election. This raised some serious legal and political questions that dented its credibility to act as an arbiter in future contests, especially in an ethnically polarised political environment.

The mass action route the politicians wanted to take would not have brought any desirable results, unless, in the rst place, the intention had been to topple the government by making the country ungovernable. The country has made signicant constitutional changes that grant wide ranging freedoms and liberties the Opposition can use to press for reforms, whether the government is listening or not, without creating tension.

We all agree that we need to have a conversation as a country, to nd ways of tackling some of the challenges we facing, including the high cost of living, unemployment among youth, corruption, and insecurity which has already taken a huge toll on the countrys economy. When Jubilee took over power in , it should have prioritised a broad-based dialogue involving all Kenyans.

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With over three years to the next election, the opportunity is not yet lost for a structured dialogue that does not compromise the role a strong Opposition should play in checking the government. If the Opposition says it is committed to providing a new vision for Kenya, it must do so peacefully and use both the constitutional and political means that focuses on cohesion and prosperity. Desperate situations call for desperate measures, such as this appeal by Gideon Nguu to the authorities to arm all the adults as a means to curb the senseless killings in Lamu and Tana River counties.

The time, he adds, has come to liberalise gun ownership. All have an obligation to not only protect their loved ones, but also themselves. Gangs kill innocents and get away with it because no one in the neighbourhood has a rearm. Civilians should be armed to complement the security forces. The growing bloody cooperation between Al-Shabaab and the Mombasa Republican Council that is becoming increasingly evident is a marriage between two devils that must not be allowed to continue, warns Barre Shetto, writing from Mandera in the northeast.

Both groups, he adds, are not only illegal, they are also murderous. The recent attacks in Lamu and Tana River counties are regrettable as innocent Kenyans lost their lives and property was destroyed. Though he fully welcomes plans to rehabilitate Nairobi River, Anthony Kiano is suspicious about the real interests of the 20 rms said to be keen on taking part in the project. He would rather the initiative was exclusively carried out by the city county government. Could they, he wonders, be motivated by a feeling of guilt over their involvement in the pollution and, therefore, wishing to exploit any loopholes to avoid punishment for their misdeeds?

A scrutiny or clarication would be in order, he believes. His contact is kianoantony gmail. There is some remarkable improvement in Eldoret Town and other places thanks to the good work the Uasin Gishu County government is doing, says Michael Greven. In the town, he adds, new litter bins have been provided, and the garbage is being collected regularly, trees are being planted, roads repaired and drains cleared.

It is great to see these community initiatives in Eldoret and the whole county. Everyone benets from the important initiatives. Some police ocers in Isebania township on the Kenya-Tanzania border are giving the force a bad name with their waywardness, charges Zaccheaus Muchiri. They are involved in an extortionist ring, and he has been a victim. He was arrested, tortured and forced to admit to dealing in fake currency.

And to buy his freedom, he had to cough up Sh12, I speak for many others who are suering in silence, says Zaccheaus, who can be reached through zaccheausmuchiri yahoo. MPs should be banned from erecting billboards with their names at public projects sponsored by the Constituency Development Fund, urges Kamichore Mutindira. The disease, he adds, has now spread to members of county assemblies who are doing the same with Local Authorities Trust Fund projects. Some refuse to complete projects started by their predecessors so that they can start their own and have plaques bearing their names, says Kamichore.

Have a seless day, wont you! From middle and long distance athletics on one end to Rugby Sevens on the other; Kenya is a sporting powerhouse that continues to achieve success far above would be expected of a nation of our size and economy. Perhaps the only blemish on our impressive national record is the decline in recent times in the most popular sport in our nation football. We certainly have an abundance of talented players who could lead us to glory on the international stage. Instead, Kenya is consigned to watching on the sidelines while other nations y the ag for Africa. Applicable only on ATM card, debit card or credit card orders.

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